Photos of the day 04/29

A woman hails a taxi while standing under Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) logos before Iraq's parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya, Iraq April 28. Jacob Russell/Reuters

Children wear protective glasses as they try to see a partial solar eclipse from Sydney's Observatory Hill. Australia experienced a partial solar eclipse, with around two thirds of the sun obscured by the moon, during the late afternoon until sunset. David Gray/Reuters

Families save what they can as police and utility crews work around South Lincoln Elementary School and many of the surrounding homes after they were destroyed or damaged after Monday night's tornado swept through the rural community in Lincoln, Tenn. Eric Schultz/AL.com/AP

A girl plays on a tree in a park in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Marko Djurica/Reuters

Protesters check their cellphones prior to marching towards the US Embassy in Manila to protest US President Barack Obama's first ever state visit to the Philippines. Bullit Marquez/AP

Gun rights advocate Jeff Blair and others demonstrate on the steps of the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. The event titled Pennsylvania Second Amendment Action Day which dates back to 2006, focuses on Second Amendment issues. AP

People gather at Jonathan Law High School during a vigil for slain student Maren Sanchez in Milford, Connecticut, April 28. Sanchez was killed on Friday in a stairwell at the school by a classmate who may have been upset that she rebuffed his invitation to the prom, police said. Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters

A man throws a bucket of water to salvage goods from a warehouse storing leftover cloth strips in New Delhi, India. The cause of fire is unknown. No casualties have been reported so far, according to fire officials. Manish Swarup/AP

Police Chief Jimmy Williamson (r.) asks Alejandro Galeana Salinas and other protestors to clear the steps to the Administration Building on the University of Georgia campus as a group protests a 2010 State Board of Regents policy that keeps immigrants out of several Georgia colleges, April 28, in Athens, Ga. AJ Reynolds/Athens Banner-Herald/AP

A Palestinian man inspects a structure after it was demolished by Israeli bulldozers in Khirbet Al-Taweel village near the West Bank City of Nablus. Israeli forces demolished several structures, including a mosque, in a Palestinian village, that were constructed without Israeli permits. Palestinians say such documents are nearly impossible to obtain. Mohamad Torokman/Reuters

A bald eagle hovers above the Manchester Dock with Seattle in the background, April 28. Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun/AP

International and Australian air crews involved in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH370, prepare for an official photograph on the tarmac at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Pearce Base in Bullsbrook, near Perth, Australia. Richard Polden/Reuters

A visitor stands in front of QR-code information panels during a ceremony dedicated to the future Zaryadye Park in central Moscow, Russia. The showroom was opened by Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on the site of the future park, a few minutes walking distance from Red Square and the Kremlin, according to organizers. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Commuters board an underground train at King's Cross station in London. Millions of commuters faced transport chaos after eleventh-hour talks failed to avert a two-day strike on the London Underground train network over plans to cut jobs and close ticket offices. Neil Hall/Reuters

An Afghan policeman destroys poppies during a campaign against narcotics in Kunar province, Afghanistan. Parwiz/Reuters

Anti-government protesters sit chained at a protest as they camp in front of UN offices in Caracas, April 28. A Venezuelan justice tribunal determined that Venezuelans who want peaceful protest must request permission from local governments to prevent the scattered forces, amid a wave of violent protests against President Nicolas Maduro. Jorge Silva/Reuters

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver walks to the podium at news conference in New York. Silver announced that he is banning Los Angeles Clipper owner Donald Sterling for life from the Clippers organization, in response to racist comments the league says he made in an audio recording. Richard Drew/AP

A girl sits backstage after getting ready for her dance recital to celebrate International Dance Day, in New Delhi, India. Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Storm chaser try to stay ahead of a TVS (tornadic vortex signature) storm in Reform, Alabama, April 28. On a second day of ferocious storms that have claimed at least 21 lives in the southern US, a tornado tore through the Mississippi town of Tupelo destroying homes and businesses, according to witnesses and emergency officials. Gene Blevins/Reuters

A Ukrainian soldier stands guard on a road at a check point near the village of Malinivka, southeast of Slaviansk, in eastern Ukraine. Baz Ratner/Reuters

After widespread protests, a six-month state of emergency started in October. Now, much depends on the next move of leaders who have long used their track record of economic development to paper over widespread human rights abuses and political repression.

ByJames Jeffrey, ContributorDecember 9, 2016

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For nearly a year, mass protests surged across Ethiopia – and stormed across the world’s headlines – as a movement that began with farmers fighting land grabs outside the country’s capital mushroomed into the country’s most sustained and widespread period of dissent and protests since its ruling party came to power more than two decades ago.